Are you an experienced cyber security professional with a passion for Incident Response and Security Engineering and Threat Intelligence.
I'm working with a global organisation looking to add a Senior Cyber Defence Analyst to its Security Operations team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in responding to complex cyber incidents while helping to enhance detection capabilities, security tooling, automation, and overall cyber resilience.
What you'll be doing:
- Investigate and respond to cyber security incidents across a global enterprise environment
- Support major incident response activities, digital investigations, and post-incident reviews
- Design, develop, and tune detection rules across SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms
- Build dashboards, automation, playbooks, and response workflows to improve operational efficiency
- Conduct proactive threat hunting and support intelligence-led investigations
- Perform malware analysis and utilise sandboxing tools to investigate suspicious files and activity
- Collaborate with Vulnerability Management, Threat Intelligence, and Security Operations teams to strengthen defensive capabilities
- Drive continuous improvements across security processes, tooling, and detection coverage
What we're looking for:
- Strong experience in Incident Response and Security Operations
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, SOAR, MDR, and detection engineering
- Experience with threat hunting, malware analysis, sandboxing, endpoint security, and log analysis
- Experience developing playbooks, response workflows, and security automation
- Exposure to scripting or automation using KQL, Bash, Python, or PowerShell is desirable
- Knowledge of enterprise security frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIS2, GDPR, or ITIL is advantageous
- Excellent analytical, investigation, and stakeholder communication skills
This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative Security Operations team where you'll work on complex security incidents, contribute to engineering improvements, and help shape the future of cyber defence within a large enterprise environment.
Senior Cyber Defence Analyst in Birmingham employer: Harrington Starr
Join a leading high-volume futures trading organisation in London, where you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the stability of critical trading and clearing platforms. With a strong focus on employee growth and a collaborative work culture, this company offers competitive daily rates and long-term contract opportunities, making it an excellent employer for those seeking meaningful and rewarding careers in the capital markets sector.
